510 - The Fray - The latest non-threatening "next best thing" to take the world by storm and then potentially disappear forever. We'll have to see, but so far the band is doing pretty well as an American version of Coldplay.
509 - Blind Faith - They only released one album together, but Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood's late 60's collaboration Blind Faith managed to put together some of the most interesting music of the early days of classic rock.
508 - Porcupine Tree - The Pink Floyd comparisons are way off, but they do have a great deal of prog cred to their name after releasing a series of solid albums.
507 - The Soup Dragons - An early 90's Brit Pop band that hit it big with their cover of the Stones' "I'm Free" and their own "Divine Thing".
506 - Wyclef Jean - One of the original members of the Fugee's, Wyclef Jean has made a solo career with is pop reggae sound, creating classics like "Bubblegoose", "Gone Til November" and "If I Was President".
505 - The Vines - The least of the "the" bands that were everywhere in the early 21st century, The Vines were always good for one great song... per album. The band started out as a Nirvana knock-off but have since found their own, significantly lesser style.
504 - The National - One of the breakthrough indie bands of 2007, The National has a sound sort of like an indie version of Interpol. There's definitely a Joy Division influence, but it's more like background vocals than the music itself like so many other JD bands.
503 - Strata - A relatively new indie band with a few fantastic albums to their name, Strata had a breakthrough hit with "Cocaine".
502 - Gnarls Barkley - The biggest splash that indie rock made in 2006, Gnarls Barkley hit the pop charts with their crossover smash "Crazy". Surprisingly, the band isn't a one-hit wonder as their second album was just released to great reviews.
501 - Mute Math - While they technically consider themselves a Christian-rock band, the band transcends their genre to create top-quality indie rock that's starting to cross over to the rock charts.
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